Trade-Ideas: Twenty-First Century Fox (FOX) Is Today's Post-Market Leader Stock
Trade-Ideas LLC identified Twenty-First Century Fox ( FOX) as a post-market leader candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Twenty-First Century Fox as such a stock due to the following factors:
- FOX has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $98.3 million.
- FOX is up 4.7% today from today's close.
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More details on FOX: Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. operates as a diversified media and entertainment company worldwide. It operates through Cable Network Programming; Television; Filmed Entertainment; and Other, Corporate and Eliminations segments. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 1%. FOX has a PE ratio of 17. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Twenty-First Century Fox a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold. The average volume for Twenty-First Century Fox has been 3.4 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Twenty-First Century Fox has a market cap of $58.0 billion and is part of the services sector and media industry. The stock has a beta of 1.46 and a short float of 1.7% with 2.67 days to cover. Shares are up 9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.
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Analysis:
rates Twenty-First Century Fox as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations, expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- Net operating cash flow has increased to $534.00 million or 39.06% when compared to the same quarter last year. The firm also exceeded the industry average cash flow growth rate of 9.03%.
- 35.50% is the gross profit margin for TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX INC which we consider to be strong. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Regardless of the strong results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of 9.11% trails the industry average.
- FOX, with its decline in revenue, underperformed when compared the industry average of 8.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 8.4%. Weakness in the company's revenue seems to have hurt the bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Media industry and the overall market, TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX INC's return on equity exceeds that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX INC has experienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. We feel it is likely to report a decline in earnings in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX INC increased its bottom line by earning $3.90 versus $1.66 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 12.7% in earnings ($3.41 versus $3.90).
- You can view the full Twenty-First Century Fox Ratings Report.
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